Submarine cable incident record

FALCON, SEA-ME-WE 5 cable event — 2022-01-21

Event ID evt_hist_755218cc92b50031 · January 21, 2022

Internet in Yemen restored after four-day outage caused by airstrikes on telecom facility hosting SEA-ME-WE 5 and FALCON cables.

Resolved

Affected cable or system

FALCON, SEA-ME-WE 5

Affected countries

Yemen

Region

Red Sea

Evidence mode

Reported evidence

Source extraction confidence

95%

Resolution

Resolution reported by a published source

Lifecycle

• Occurred: 2022-01-21T01:00:00.000Z
• Repair activity reported: 2022-01-26T13:20:30.000Z
• Resolution date: 2022-01-26T13:20:30.000Z

Original supporting evidence

1. Internet In Yemen Returns After Four Day Outage Submarine Telecoms Forum Archive · 2022-01-26T13:20:30.000Z · resolution evidence
2. Falcon Cable Fault Believed To Be From Air Strike Submarine Telecoms Forum Archive · 2022-01-25T16:20:47.000Z

Confidence describes automated extraction of the cited source, not a probability that every named cable was physically cut. Historical records may be marked assumed resolved when no newer evidence was available. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.

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